April 2011

Ultralight backpacking notes

April 27, 2011

I’m teaching a class tonight at REI about lightweight vs traditional backpacking. It’s a bit of a mock battle between me (representing lightweight) and a very experience backpacker Mike Little (representing traditional weight). I’m planning on printing out my notes and then trimming off the unnecessary paper. Gimmicky, no? Here are my notes for the [...]

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Plants and animals in Costa Rica

April 4, 2011

I have now edited my first set of pictures in Costa Rica, and I am missing that country already. The high temperature in Portland is still a good 15 degrees lower than the low in Costa Rica. This means that I have gone from lying naked on the bed with a fan on me  while [...]

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